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K.E.Y. PLATFORM 2017

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Global Scenario for 2020: Wisdom to Pull Through Uncertainty

Introduction : Michael Traem Avencore Managing Director Welcome Speech
- Leadership positions, supervisory board and advisory board memberships with firms such as Atkins Acuity, Avencore, HuZ Consulting, HPP, Belgravia Investment Banking and others.
- More than 25 years background in consulting, having previously held senior positions in A.T. Kearney (Managing Director EMEA), Arthur D. Little (Global CEO) and the Hay Group (Managing Director Europe).
- Author of various books such as: „After the Merger“, „Innovate your company“, "Spearheading Growth“, "The Value Growers“ and others.
- Regular speaker at international conferences and lecturer at univiersites around the globe
Congratulatory Speech : Edwin Feulner The Heritage Foundation Founder
- President of The Heritage Foundation, Washington’s premier conservative policy institute, for 37 years (1977-2013).
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Public Diplomacy Collaborative at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
- Past Director of the Sequoia Bank, the Council for National Policy, the Acton Institute, the International Republican Institute, the American Council on Germany,
the Lehrman Institute, and George Mason University.
- Author of 9 books including New York Times bestsellers, Getting America Right and The American Spirit. His weekly newspaper column appears in many major
American newspapers, and he serves on several philanthropic boards.
Plenary Report Part 1 : Anthony B. Kim The Heritage Foundation Research Manager and Senior Policy Analyst
- Since 2001, Kim has worked on international economic issues at The Heritage Foundation, with a focus on economic freedom and entrepreneurial dynamism.
- As Research Manager and Senior Policy Analyst, Kim researches economic development, trade, and investment issues. Writing the Heritage Foundation's influential annual Index of Economic Freedom and promoting it across the United States and around the globe, Kim serves as a lead author of the Index.
Plenary Report Part 2 : Sungjoo Hong STEPI (Science and Technology Policy Institute) Research Fellow
- Strategy Advisor, National Research Council of Science and Technology
- Policy Advisor, Chungnam Provincial Government
- Operation Director, the Sejong Forum of Future Strategy Studies
- Reporting a lot of policy recommendations in the areas of national innovation strategy and systems, and working for central and local governments as a policy advisor
Plenary Report Review : Younghun Jung Ajou University Adjunct Professor
- Energy and Environment Counsellor Career, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea (2008.1-2016.4)
- Executive Director of the Energy Policy Research Center, Korea Energy Economics Institute under the Prime Minister’s office (2009.4-2016.10)
- Vice President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (Tokyo, Japan, 1999. 3- 2008. 12)
- Received a presidential citation (2014)
Plenary Report Review : Sylvain Bouyon Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Research Fellow
- Research fellow at CEPS where he is managing the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI)
- Worked as an economic adviser at the European Mortgage Federation, Participation Fund and National Bank of Belgium
- Worked as a financial controller at the Bank of New York Mellon
- Has managed several large European research projects in finance, banking, innovation and FinTech, and has published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on these topics
- Received a doctorate in economics of banking and earned degrees in finance and economics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Plenary Report Review : Flynt Leverett Penn State School of International Affairs (SIA) Professor
- Founding faculty, Penn State SIA; also taught at MIT and Yale
- Served in the U.S. government for 11 years-at the White House as National Security Council senior director for Middle East affairs, on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, and as CIA senior analyst
- Author, “Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran” political risk consultant, Strategic Energy and Global Analysis (STRATEGA)
Plenary Report Review : Han Xiandong China University of Political Science and Law Professor of political science
- Executive director of Center for the Korean Peninsular Studies, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL)
- Graduated from Renmin University of China and obtained PH.D. from the School of North Korean Studies, Kyungnam University, Republic of Korea
- Research interest North Korea and Korean Peninsular issue, East Asian Politics and regional international relations
Plenary Report Review : Paul Iske Maastricht Univ. School of Business and Economics Professor
- Professor Open Innovation, The Maastricht University, since 7 years
- Chief Dialogues/Innovation/Knowledge Officer, ABN AMRO Bank for 18 years
- Chief Failure Officer, Founder & President, Institute of Brilliant Failures, since 8 years
- Co-founder Institute for Next Generation Value Creation, since 2 years
- CEO KnocoM (Knowledge-conscious Management): Speaker, Author, Consultant, since 18 years
Plenary Report Review : Perry Ha Draper Athena Founder & Managing Director
- Active venture investor since 1998. Serves on the boards of NexiaDevice, Mobeam, Ramsway, Minigate, and Relay2. Member of MIT Corporate Development Committee and Leadership Board of MIT BcGovern Brain Research Institute. Advisor at KIC (Korea Innovation Center) in silicon Valley), NetKAL, and Kokrean American Community Foundation at SF.
- BS/MS from MIT< MBA from Harvard
Plenary Report Review : Jarl Frijs-Madsen Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Associated Partner
- Ambassador, Consul General of Denmark in New York
- CEO of Trade Council of Denmark
- Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade and Investment, MFA
- Co-founder & partner Copenhagen Brussels Consulting Group
Special Lecture : Heenam Choi International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Director
- Executive Director, The World Bank Group until Oct. 2016
- Deputy Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Strategy and Finance (2014-2016)
- Worked in Korean Government for 30 years

Breakout session 1. Finance

Moderator / Speaker : Boohwan Byun Sogang University Visiting faculty
- Visiting Faculty, Graduate School of Management of Technology, Sogang University, Seoul Korea
- Co-founder and Director, Institute for Next Generation Value Creation
- Senior credit analyst and approver, Financial Institutions and Country Risk Department, ABN AMRO HQ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Speaker : Frits Bussemaker CIONET Secretary General International Relations Blockchain part 1 : The organizational impact of Blockchain (introduction)
- Worked in the international ICT industry for almost 30 years
- Active in a number of roles including: Chair iPoort, expert platform European Commission on eLeadership, Vice-Chair Global Industry Council IFIP/IP3, board member AAID, Steering CIE Financial Roundtable FINTECH Festival.
- Advocate of eSkills and eLeadership
Speaker : Kamal Joshi Tata Consultancy Services Country Head– South Korea Blockchain part 2: Block-chain and its implications
- TCS Country Head of South Korea
- TCS APAC Head for Energy and Resources Industry Vertical
- Winner of TATA "Innovista" Award for Leading Edge Innovation on Technology
- Previous role - Global Client Partner an Oil and Gas Major
- Previous role - Head of Transition and Transformation for a Major European Bank
Speaker : Arthur van der Wees Arthur's Legal Managing Director & Founder Hyper-Connectivity & IoT As Enablers:Towards Next Generation Value Creation
-Managing director of Arthur’s Legal, a global strategic law firm, and CEO of Zapplied
- Expert advisor to the European Commission, Dutch Government as well as other public and
private sector organizations and institutes worldwide
- Strategist, Attorney at Law and frequent speaker worldwide about innovation, digital
transformation, IoT, cloud computing, cybersecurity, privacy, legal and compliance topics
- Co-founder of various institutes with international professors and other global leaders, including
the CyberChess Institute, the Institute for Next Generation Compliance and the Institute of Next
Generation Value Creation, which latter focused on enhancing society and economy in Korea and
its capabilities to further grow, harden and scale as a major global and sustainable economy.
Speaker : Knut Holmen SpareBank1 Chief Digital Officer Enhanced mobile phone banking solution
- Worked in leading management positions in financial services and the IT industry for more than 25 years
- Experience both form Scandinavia and internationally
- Has always been focused on utilizing technology to improve customer experience and achieve business benefits
Moderator / Speaker : Paul Iske Maastricht Univ. School of Business and Economics Professor Creation and transformation of societal capital and financial capital
- Professor Open Innovation, Maastricht University, since 7 years
- Chief Dialogues/Innovation/Knowledge Officer, ABN AMRO Bank for 18 years
- Chief Failure Officer, Founder & President, Institute of Brilliant Failures, since 8 years
- Co-founder Institute for Next Generation Value Creation, since 2 years
- CEO KnocoM (Knowledge-conscious Management): Speaker, Author, Consultant, since 18 years
Speaker : Theo Breuers COMPO Software CEO
- Since 1983 running a software company
- Vendor staff software for the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa and 2014 in Brazil, and for the Olympic Games in 2014 Sochi.
- Creating software that challenges entrepreneurs to combinatorial and social innovation.
Speaker : John Clippinger MIT Media Lab Research Scientist
CEO, Co-Founder ID3
- Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for the Future, Steering Committee and Advisory Board of Blockchain Ecosystem Network (BECON)
- Former Chairman of the ITU Working Group on Identity and Authentication
- Founder and Co-Director of The Law Labat the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
- Member of World Economic Forum, General Leadership Council
- Co-editor with David Bollier, of From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond: The Quest for Identity and Autonomy in a Digital Society, 2014
Speaker : Jan Raes ABN AMRO Bank Sustainability Advisor SDG's and value creation for financial services
- 20 years ago, I started my career with technology companies. After 10 years in IT, I started focusing on the financial services industry.
- My career path has brought me from data management to finance and via compliance and risk to sustainable banking and strategy.
- Now active as as a senior business advisor implementing the corporate strategy on sustainability and transparency for a Dutch international bank.
- Frequent speaker on trust, transparency and creation of shared values for the financial industry
Speaker : Marcel van Galen Qiy Foundation Founder, CEO
- Industrial and Graphic Designer
- Founder, CEO Martsell International Communication Projects
- Founder, CEO Qbix Digital Media
- Founder, CEO Qiy Foundation
- Founder, CEO Digital Me

Breakout session 2. New China: Collaborative opportunities arising from its simultaneous drives for inclusive globalization and structural reform

Moderator : Jaesuk Yu One Asia Senior Editor
- Former Content Director of Mobi Inside
- Former Microsoft IT and Service journalist
- Formal Asia Today Distribution and IT journalist
- A moderator for 2016 and 2017 Digital Marketing Summits. A speaker for the 2017 Media Commerce Conference hosted by Inews and the 2017 Logistar Summit
Speaker : Long Denggao Tsinghua University Professor, Director of the Center for Studies on Overseas Chinese Businessmen
- Chief expert for Major Projects of the National Social Science Foundation of China, advisor for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, and Vice President of Overseas Chinese History Society of China
- Visiting scholar and chair professor for prominent universities including Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Leuven, and National Chengchi University (Taiwan)
- Member of the Academic council for the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Member of the academic councils for higher-education-related research organizations, adjunct professor, and endowed-chair professor, including Peking University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Zhongshan University, Huaqiao University, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, and National Library of China
Speaker : Huang Kaihua PANTHEON ASSET Co-founder Asset management and investment direction for family businesses facing glob
- Co-founder of Pantheon Asset. Graduated from Nankai University and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Worked for Taoli Assets and Licheng Assets.
- About 10 years of experience in the field of financial investment management and high-level customer management
- Currently, a partner of Pantheon Asset mainly in charge of product designing, asset deployment, “fund of funds” for stockholder rights covering product lines, bond funds, fund of funds in the secondary market, and overseas assets.
Speaker : Huang Geng e-Manx technologies CEO Developments of IOT smart technologies
- CEO of e-Manx Technology, a technology platform in the field of O2O
- Achieved a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Southampton, England and finished the MBA program in Tsinghua University
- In charge of hands-on duties and management work for project managing and project development at the WTO, IBM and Huawei in the U.K., EU and China for around 10 years
Panel : Yu Bin Personal Media Journalist
- Active as an expert for iResearch, the biggest online research institute in China, and Analysys International
- Selected among Top 10 online analysts in China in 2012 and 100 personal media journalists in 2013
- Founded “Chaoqi” (personal media) in 2016
- Journalist-consult for renowned Chinese media including China Business Journal, Securities Daily, People’s Daily Online, Legal Weekly, Southern Metropolis Daily, National Business Daily and The Beijing News
Moderator : Jaesuk Yu One Asia Senior Editor
- Former Content Director of Mobi Inside
- Former Microsoft IT and Service journalist
- Formal Asia Today Distribution and IT journalist
- A moderator for 2016 and 2017 Digital Marketing Summits. A speaker for the 2017 Media Commerce Conference hosted by Inews and the 2017 Logistar Summit
Speaker : Guo Wei Analysys CTO
- In overall charge of big-data-based e-commerce for Wanda Group, the largest online/offline shopping mall and property developer in China
- Worked as a big data analyst for Teradata and IBM
- Now active as the Chief Technology Officer of Analysis International
Speaker : Liu Dingding Personal Media Journalist
- Veteran columnist in the field of Internet in China
- Former President of Sootoo Research, a Chinese research institute specializing in the Internet field
- Engaged in research on the industrial Internet in China for a long period of time
Speaker : Shi Jie MagiQ CEO Social Impact and Future Trends of the “Wanghong Economy”
- Founder and CEO of MagiQ, a firm specializing in Wanghong (Internet stars or celebrities)
- Co-founder of Logical Thinking (LuoJiSiwei in Chinese), a knowledge media platform representing China
- Worked as a recognized veteran journalist for the Advertising Department and Market Department of the China Entrepreneur Magazine for seven years
Panel : Yang Shijie Personal Media Journalist
- Chosen as one of the top 10 Internet one-man media in science and technology in 2014
- Special editorial writer for the National Economic Daily (Online) and editorial writer for Central Radio Voice of Economy (Yangguangjingjizhisheng)
Special Lecture : Han Xiandong China University of Political Science and Law (CUP Professor The Beginning of New China, “Xiong'an New Area”
- In overall charge of big-data-based e-commerce for Wanda Group, the largest online/offline shopping mall and property developer in China
- Worked as a big data analyst for Teradata and IBM
- Now active as the Chief Technology Officer of Analysis International

MTN Talk Show

Host : NamSoo Choi MoneyToday Network (MTN) CEO
- Deputy Director, Business News Editor of YTN Newsroom and CFO of YTN
- Business journalist of SBS
- UC Berkeley MBA
- Master's degree in Economics at Univ. of Washington
Speaker : Anthony B. Kim The Heritage Foundation Research Manager and Senior Policy Analyst
- Since 2001, Kim has worked on international economic issues at The Heritage Foundation, with a focus on economic freedom and entrepreneurial dynamism.
- As Research Manager and Senior Policy Analyst, Kim researches economic development, trade, and investment issues. Writing the Heritage Foundation's influential annual Index of Economic Freedom and promoting it across the United States and around the globe, Kim serves as a lead author of the Index.
Speaker : Sylvain Boyon Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Research Fellow
- Research fellow at CEPS where he is managing the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI)
- Worked as an economic adviser at the European Mortgage Federation, Participation Fund and National Bank of Belgium
- Worked as a financial controller at the Bank of New York Mellon
- Has managed several large European research projects in finance, banking, innovation and FinTech, and has published books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on these topics
- Received a doctorate in economics of banking and earned degrees in finance and economics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and Université Paris 1 Sorbonne
Speaker : Heenam Choi International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Director
- Executive Director, The World Bank Group until Oct. 2016
- Deputy Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Strategy and Finance (2014-2016)
- Worked in Korean Government for 30 years
Speaker : Flynt Leverett Penn State School of International Affairs (SIA) Professor
- Founding faculty, Penn State SIA; also taught at MIT and Yale
- Served in the U.S. government for 11 years-at the White House as National Security Council senior director for Middle East affairs, on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, and as CIA senior analyst
- Author, “Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran” political risk consultant, Strategic Energy and Global Analysis (STRATEGA)
Speaker : Michael Traem Avencore Managing Director
- Leadership positions, supervisory board and advisory board memberships with firms such as Atkins Acuity, Avencore, HuZ Consulting, HPP, Belgravia Investment Banking and others.
- More than 25 years background in consulting, having previously held senior positions in A.T. Kearney (Managing Director EMEA), Arthur D. Little (Global CEO) and the Hay Group (Managing Director Europe).
- Author of various books such as: „After the Merger“, „Innovate your company“, "Spearheading Growth“, "The Value Growers“ and others.
- Regular speaker at international conferences and lecturer at univiersites around the globe

Plug-in & Talk – Intensifying digital economy

Special Lecture : Hyosang Ryou CHA University Dean of Business School
- Former head of HR Development Team at conglomerates such as Samsung Group and Tongyang Group
- Former CEO of Iljin Venture Capital Corp and Inter Venture Co., Ltd.
- Opened an entrepreneurship MBA course, the first in Korea, and Selected as one of the Best Teaching Professors while working as a professor at Dongguk Business School
- Former CEO of Dongguk Holdings
- Lectured on Business Model, M&A, and Enterprise Value Evaluation as professor of Business Administration at Konkuk University and Sookmyung Women’s University
- BSc and MSc in engineering, Yonsei University; MA in economics, Sogang University; PhD in economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studie
Moderator : Richard Neve Banking & Finance Magazine Editor-in-chief
- After starting career in journalism held various PR and communications positions both with agencies (Citigate, Havas, Grayling) as well as ‘in-house’ (DHL, General Electric).
- Currently he is editor of Banking & Finance Magazine and organizes various conferences with this magazine.
- He is still working as a PR professional and offers support to a number of companies mainly in the financial services industry.
Speaker : Ling Di PANTHEON ASSET Director Changes in Marketing and Capital in the era of Value Consumption
- Columnist in the field of new consumption, investor, brand management and market operation expert
- About 16 years of experience in the fields of branding and market advertising. Worked for TCL and Perfect World (Wanmei Huanqiu)
- Currently a director of Pantheon Asset, a fund management firm specializing in family business inheritance and asset management in China, directing large private equity fund investments including Jingwei, Hongshan and Huatai
Speaker : Zhao Nan Ebrun, the Research Institute Vice President Changes and technological advances of the e-commerce market
- Vice President of the Research Institute of Ebrun (Yibangdonliwang), China’s major e-commerce media and research center
- Served as a specialist for the State on the e-commerce industry and related policies including logistics, cross-border issues and Internet consumption for about 11 years
- Acceptance inspector for China’s Cross-Border e-Commerce Pilot Cities
Speaker : Sahil Jain AdStage CEO "Future of hyper-intelligent marketing communications
- CEO and co-founder of AdStage
- He dropped out of UC Berkeley at 19 to join AOL Corporate Development and dropped out of High School at 17 to join Yahoo! Mobile
- Sahil co-founded his first company, Y-Combinator & SV Angel backed
Trigger.io, at 20, and co-founded AdStage at age 22
- Prior to that, Sahil worked in the professional video game industry
Moderator / Speaker : Dean Sivara SAP Vice President
- Vice President of Portfolio & Innovation at SAP
- Has worked in the technology industry for over 30 years.
- Active with internal and external innovation, working closely with startups and the venture capital community to identify disruptive solutions in the areas of Big Data, Analytics, IOT, Mobility and Digital Transformation.
- Passionate about introducing entrepreneurship to high school and college students, to help build the leaders of tomorrow.
Speaker : Grace Xiao Kynplex Co-Founder Future of big data, advanced analytics and AI
- A social network for science
- Awarded the Thiel Fellowship
- Studied neurobiology and economics at Harvard
- Featured in national and international media like NBC, USA Today and the Huffington Post
Speaker : Guo Wei Analysys CTO China is being led by real-time computing and big data
- In overall charge of big-data-based e-commerce for Wanda Group, the largest online/offline shopping mall and property developer in China
- Worked as a big data analyst for Teradata and IBM
- Now active as the Chief Technology Officer of Analysis International
Speaker : Aaron Matthew Polhamus Credijusto.com Director of Data Science Innovation in the field of big data
- Director of Data Science, Credijusto.com: I manage an engineering and data science team of 8 people building the core technology and data science applications for a Mexico City fintech.
- Co-founder, Polhooper Strategic: Co-founder and led a data analytics consulting practice that engaged multiple Bay Area startups in direct marketing optimization and enterprise software services.
- Statistical Consultant, Revolution Analytic: Developer for custom business applications at Revolution analytics before designing and delivering in-person training seminars for transitioning data analytics work flows from proprietary platforms liks SAS and Matlab in R
- Lieutenant, U.S Navy: Commissioned active in June, 2012. Finished active reserve duty in April 2016.
Special Lecture : Chunuk Hong Kiwoom Securities Head of Strategy Analysis Team Global economic outlook
- KB Kookmin Bank Chief Economist
- NPS Investment Management Team Head
- Kiwoom Securites of Strategy Analysis Team Head
Moderator : Byong-Hun Park TNO BD Manager
- TNO is translated as "Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research" connecting Science to commercial sector, as a non-profit company.
- TNO is a knowledge organization for companies, government bodies and public organizations, focusing on Industrial innovation, Healthy Living, Energy, Defence/Safety & Security, and Urbanization. Also, it spins off tech companies based on its research output.
- Previously served in LG Innotek's LED Div, as a director of marketing.
- Polymer Science engineer by education, and holds MBA from KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Speaker : Jarl Frijs-Madsen Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Associated Partner "Cheap and plenty of renewable energy - a major game changer in societies
- Associated Partner & Futurist Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
- Ambassador, Consul General of Denmark in New York
- CEO of Trade Council of Denmark
- Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade and Investment, MFA
- Co-founder & partner Copenhagen Brussels Consulting Group
Speaker : Abood Al Sawafi A'Sharqiyah University Vice Chancellor Energy revolution: Driving force for sustainable development
- Working in Education Sector for 18 years
- Active in number of roles:
* Member of the Oman Research Council
* Member of the OAAA education framework committee
* Member of the Advisory Board of the college of Education of Sultan Qaboos University
* Chair of the Omanisation sectorial committee in Education
* Chari of the OCCI Education committee
Moderator : Byong-Hun Park TNO BD Manager
- TNO is translated as "Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research" connecting Science to commercial sector, as a non-profit company.
- TNO is a knowledge organization for companies, government bodies and public organizations, focusing on Industrial innovation, Healthy Living, Energy, Defence/Safety & Security, and Urbanization. Also, it spins off tech companies based on its research output.
- Previously served in LG Innotek's LED Div, as a director of marketing.
- Polymer Science engineer by education, and holds MBA from KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Speaker : Pieter Blok Wageningen Research Project manager Smart Farming
- 6 years of experience in contract-research on smart farming technologies
- Expertise: computer vision (incl. deep learning), robotics, software programming
- Project manager of Dutch-Korean agricultural robotics collaboration
- MSc. degree in Agricultural Engineering from Wageningen University (2011)
- Muliple peer-reviewed scientific articles and conference papers
Speaker : Maira Groot Kormelink Clear Flight Solutions Executive Director Asia
- Executive Director Asia of Clear Flight Solutions
- Joined the team in September 2015 with a focus to further improve business developments in Asia
- With plenty responsibilities concerning the Asian market: market entry in South Korea after performing market research, participation of K-Startup Grand Challenge and winning top 20 position, establishing the first branch office, running all tasks presented by earlier mentioned activities, further expose company name, product and services to Asian leads to further increase awareness of our presence on the market, positioning our company as a strong professional contender on the wildlife management (bird control) service provider market with a problem solving and innovative product.
Speaker : Frans Anton Vermast Amsterdam Smart City Strategy advisor Smart City
- Since 2008 Frans-Anton Vermast MBA (1969) is Senior Strategy Advisor for Low Carbon and Connected Urban Planning at Amsterdam Smart City
- He is an expert in searching for the opportunities of novel appliances and services that make cities a more habitable place for its citizens where it is pleasant to live, work and play.
- Furthermore, he specialises in developing Smart Cities as open and user centric platforms as well as holistic and cross silo approaches through collaborative bottom up approaches and citizens engagement. Apart from best and next practises Mr Vermast is not afraid to share worst practises and lessons learned to prevent other cities making the same mistakes.
- His objective for working in projects like Smart Work, Smart Grids, Smart Living, Smart City and Smart Mobility is to create a more sustainable and liveable environment and boost social and economic benefits that will result in more happy citizens.
- From this role mr Vermast is active in several roles within City Protocol: member of Board of Directors, thematic Area Director Society and Director Public Affairs.
- Mr Vermast has extensive Dutch, European and global experience in facilitating the participation
Speaker : Joos Louwerier Allianz Life Insurance Korea CEO
- CEO of Allianz Life Insurance Korea
- Worked in the insurance industry for 16 years
Worked in various markets in Asia and Europe
- Expertise in Operations, IT, Marketing, Product Development, Risk management and Digitalization
- Graduated at the University of Amsterdam and holds MBA’s at Anderson Business Scholl and the University of Singapore
Closing Lecture : Woo-Young Lee Korea Polytechnics CEO & Chairman
- Professor of School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, 1992-2014
- A member of policy advisory committee, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 2014-present
- A member of public interest group, Economic and Social Development Commission, 2012-2014
- Chairman of Korean Institute for Practical Engineering Education, 2012-2014